Electronics Contracts in the West Midlands

Electronics
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Electronics in contract job vacancies in the West Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Electronics over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 94 97 124
Rank change year-on-year +3 +27 +18
Contract jobs citing Electronics 3 14 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.22% 0.72% 0.63%
As % of the General category 0.36% 1.27% 1.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 5 7
10th Percentile - - £551
25th Percentile - - £584
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £240 £625
Median % change year-on-year - -61.60% +4.17%
75th Percentile - £523 £663
90th Percentile - £719 £696
England median daily rate £545 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -0.91% +2.80% +1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 7 1
10th Percentile - £37.35 -
25th Percentile £35.75 £46.25 £26.00
Median hourly rate £36.50 £47.50 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.16% +75.93% -
75th Percentile £37.25 £48.75 £28.00
90th Percentile - £56.25 -
England median hourly rate £60.00 £57.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year +4.35% - +7.48%

All General Skills
West Midlands

Electronics falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring common skills in the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 841 1,101 1,383
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 62.53% 56.55% 58.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 553 758 972
10th Percentile £185 £263 £237
25th Percentile £360 £393 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £510 £510
Median % change year-on-year -6.86% - +7.37%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £600
90th Percentile £675 £750 £694
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 111 42
10th Percentile - £11.06 £11.10
25th Percentile £14.00 £13.90 £12.50
Median hourly rate £18.00 £19.59 £17.85
Median % change year-on-year -8.12% +9.75% +5.00%
75th Percentile £28.18 £39.34 £26.82
90th Percentile £33.91 £56.25 £56.63
England median hourly rate £27.50 £30.16 £33.82
% change year-on-year -8.82% -10.82% +57.30%

Electronics
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Electronics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Electronics in the West Midlands

Electronics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Electronics in the West Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Electronics in the West Midlands

Electronics
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Electronics in the West Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Electronics in the West Midlands

Electronics
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Electronics within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Staffordshire 0 1 - - 19
Worcestershire - 1 - - 6
Solihull - 1 - - 3
Electronics
England

Electronics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Ethernet
1 1 (33.33%) VPN
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) LabVIEW
General
1 1 (33.33%) Aerospace
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
1 1 (33.33%) Marketing
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) 1st Line Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) 1st Line Support
1 1 (33.33%) 1st Line Support Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Design Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Electrical Design Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Hardware Design Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Hardware Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Software Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Asset Management
2 1 (33.33%) Business Case
2 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Cost Control
2 1 (33.33%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Marketing
2 1 (33.33%) Document Management
2 1 (33.33%) Multi-Factor Authentication
2 1 (33.33%) Programme Management
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Systems Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) C++
1 1 (33.33%) Java
1 1 (33.33%) Python
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) HND
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco
1 1 (33.33%) Citrix
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) Nexthink
1 1 (33.33%) SAP
1 1 (33.33%) ServiceNow